Uncommon
bonhomie
[bon-uh-mee]
frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality
snickersnee
[snik-er-snee]
a knife, especially one used as a weapon.
licentious
[lahy-sen-shuhs]
unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral
cavil
[kav-uhl]
to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily
inimical
[ih-nim-i-kuhl]
adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful
cravat
[kruh-vat]
a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt
expurgate
[ek-sper-geyt]
to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable
orotund
[awr-uh-tuhnd]
(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness
breviloquent
[bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt]
speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech
alacrity
[uh-lak-ri-tee]
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness
imbroglio
[im-brohl-yoh]
a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc. of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations
guileless
[gahyl-lis]
free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank
diffidence
[dif-i-duhns]
modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence
insufflate
[in-suhf-leyt]
to blow or breathe (something) in
maudlin
[mawd-lin]
tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental
repugnant
[ri-puhg-nuhnt]
in conflict with; incompatible with
munificent
[myoo-nif-uh-suhnt]
characterized by great generosity
panacea
[pan-uh-see-uh]
a remedy for all disease or ills
roister
[roi-ster]
enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way
schadenfreude
[shahd-n-froi-duh]
satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune
incipient
[in-sip-ee-uhnt]
beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
saudade
[soh-dah-duh]
a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent
indissoluble
[in-di-sol-yuh-buhl]
not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed
campanile
[kam-puh-nee-lee]
a bell tower, especially one freestanding from the body of a church